Motorola Droid

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:20 am

You got one of the grandma's off the boost mobile commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J6a8x8k6pg

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:02 pm

Are there any Apps to keep programs from running? My calendar and other shit I dont use are always running. If I use taskiller they go away but still come back shortly.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:13 pm

Why do you need them permanently killed?

My Droid shows up this week. Shipping from Kentucky and the expect delivery date says Wednesday... I don't think it'll take any longer than Tuesday to get here.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:17 pm

Because I'm not using them, nor will I ever use some of them, and they are taking memory and some cpu away, thus shortening battery life. I mean it's not a big deal, but I'd like to be able to get rid of them.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:18 pm

If they're running in the background, I'm sure they don't take up much battery life or processor speed.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:01 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:If they're running in the background, I'm sure they don't take up much battery life or processor speed.

But they take battery life because as some of them are running in the background they are using data constantly checking your location and stuff. So it's almost like being on the internet 24/7.. Trust me, when I use Taskkiller to get rid of all the things that just start up by them self the ram jumps by like 30mb..

Like I said it's not a huge deal. But if there is a simple app that would easily let me get rid of them, why not..

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:04 pm

Yes, I do know that they use some processor speed and what not, I am not retarded...

however, obviously they don't take up enough to make it a big deal, otherwise they wouldn't run in the background, and it would be very easy to shut them off.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:33 pm

There really is no arguing with you is there.

I'm picky. I like to be able to control them. I want to shut them off to make myself happy and extend my battery life by 30 minutes. But I don't think they make an app to do so. So oh well.

And I recommend restarting the phone nightly to clear up the cache and ram. Just a suggestion. After a whole day I'm sitting at 78mb free. After restart I have 114 for the first half of the day.

Pocahontas · Post by **Pocahontas** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:36 pm

All of us in 50 years....

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:22 pm

You can absolutely argue with me, but if it's over something stupid, you will probably lose because I'm a sensible person...

That said, while talking to Josh about what he uses on his Droid, he mentioned Advanced Task Killer for killing apps. Have you tried this program?

gtxtreme19 · Post by **gtxtreme19** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:36 pm

Settings>applications>manage applications

This will allow you to see all apps running and kill them. I dont see the use of task killer.
Also if you like having the weather handy the weatherbug app is best.
As far as the PDAnet it works well and fast enough to stream YouTube but its not really necessary you can do everything on your phone that you would need to do on a laptop

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:38 pm

I refuse to use anything weatherbug related after I found out what kind of spyware and other bullshit is incorporated into the PC app many years ago. I have no use for them anymore.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:28 pm

I use advanced task killer yes. The task killer is much easier then going through each app manually and closing them. Only takes a second.

Even when you end some tasks, they come back up within an hour. Not all but some.

As for the weather I use the stock weather widget that comes with the phone.

And to you being a sensible person.. Opinions my friend, only personal opinion.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:31 pm

Yes, but my opinion is the only one that matters, so you are obviously wrong.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:36 pm

TheRandom1 wrote:Yes, but my opinion is the only one that matters, so you are obviously wrong.

Ah makes sense then.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:37 pm

BTW, the "issues" you mention are there with any phone, so I'd say just deal with it. You're not taking up any real space or battery life over the course of the day by those being open.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:08 pm

I never said they were only issues with the droid. I just said I want to get rid of them. Space isn't the issue. Like I said programs running in the background constantly using location and updating via 3G take battery that they shouldn't be taking.

But I don't think they make a program to do so, So until they do I will have to just deal with it.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:16 pm

But it takes up so little battery that unless you won't be near a charger for a day and a half you won't notice it.

What kind of phone are you coming from before the Droid?

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:26 pm

Yea I charge it nightly so It won't be that big of a deal.

Env Touch. The droid is the 1st smartphone I've had. Pretty much in love with it.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:29 pm

That's probably why you are even thinking about this stuff then. Smartphones are very much like a computer, there's a bunch of stuff running in the background that don't really matter.

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:42 pm

The way it was explained to me by the verizon tech (I asked the same question) the phone has internal storage for the OS and background apps. The card is for everything else

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:42 pm

That is correct.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:55 pm

Yea like 2XX mb. Storage isn't an issue with the 16gb memory card.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:58 pm

I still want more from mine.

Ideally I want to carry my entire music library with me (40 GB) so I'll probably end up buying a bigger card at some point.

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:01 pm

I don't think it supports anything bigger then 32 yet.

TheRandom1 · Post by **TheRandom1** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 10:33 pm

We shall see.

My Droid showed up today. Damn do I like it more than the iPhone already!

srtgtr34 · Post by **srtgtr34** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:50 am

Could one of you guys post up a picture that you took with the phone, so I can see how good (or bad) the camera is on it?

I'm just about ready to get this phone on friday.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:58 am

Heavily cropped down and a border tossed on it in Photoshop. But you get the point. Overall, the camera sucks, but it could be MUCH MUCH worse. I'm used to DSLRs though...

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 8:57 pm

Camera is good for a phone camera. Nothing compared to dslr ofcourse.

Here's some pics after being uploaded to photobucket. And glad you like it Sean.

srtgtr34 · Post by **srtgtr34** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:29 pm

The picture quality is pretty good for the phone, it perfectly fine for what I would need it for.

Thanks, for the pics guys.